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Authority: (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)) 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 07–883 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–C 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2007–0003] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, are sponsoring a 

public meeting on March 8, 2007. The 

objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the Thirty-ninth Session of 

the Codex Committee on Food 

Additives (CCFA) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

which will be held in Beijing, China, on 

April 24–28, 2007. The Under Secretary 

for Food Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 39th 

Session of CCFA and to address items 

on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, March 8, 2007 from 3 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the auditorium (Room 1A003), 

Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 

FDA, Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch 

Highway, College Park, MD 20740. 

Documents related to the 39th Session 

of CCFA are accessible via the World 

Wide Web at the following address: 

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the CCFA, Dr. 

Dennis Keefe, invites U.S. interested 

parties to submit their comments 

electronically to the following e-mail 

address: ccfa@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

electronically to the same e-mail 

address above by March 6, 2007. Early 

registration is encouraged because it 

will expedite entry into the building 

and its parking area. If you require 

parking, please include the vehicle 

make and tag number, if known, when 

you register. Because the meeting will 

be held in a Federal building, you 

should also bring a photo identification 

(ID) and plan for adequate time to pass 

through security screening systems. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

39TH SESSION OF THE CCFA CONTACT: 

Dennis Keefe, Office of Food Additive 

Safety (HFS–205), Center for Food 

Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 

5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College 

Park, MD 20740. Phone (301) 436–1284, 

Fax: (301) 436–2972, e-mail 

dennis.keefe@fda.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Ellen Matten, 

International Issues Analyst, U.S. Codex 

Office, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, Room 4861, South building, 

1400 Independence Ave SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202) 

205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius (Codex) was 

established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization and the World 

Health Organization. Through adoption 

of food standards, codes of practice, and 

other guidelines developed by its 

committees, and by promoting their 

adoption and implementation by 

governments, Codex seeks to protect the 

health of consumers and ensure that fair 

practices are used in trade. 

The Codex Committee on Food 

Additives was formed in 2006 from the 

division of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives and Contaminants. It 

was established to set or endorse 

maximum levels for individual food 

additives; prepare priority lists of food 

additives for risk assessment by the 

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on 

Food Additives (JECFA); assign 

functional classes to individual food 

additives; recommend specifications of 

identity and purity for food additives for 

adoption by the Commission; consider 

methods of analysis for the 

determination of additives in food; and 

consider and elaborate standards or 

codes for related subjects such as the 

labeling of food additives when sold as 

such. The Committee is hosted by the 

People’s Republic of China. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the Agenda 

for the 39th Session of CCFA will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred to the Committee 

from other Codex bodies. 

• Matters of Interest arising from 

FAO/WHO. 

• Endorsement/revision of Maximum 

Levels for Food Additives and 

Processing Aids in Codex Standards. 

• Inclusion of Food Additive 

Provisions of Commodity Standards into 

the Codex General Standard for Food 

Additives (GSFA). 

• Consideration of the Codex General 

Standard for Food Additives. 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines for the 

Use of Flavourings. 

• Processing Aids. 

• International Numbering System 

(INS) for Food Additives. 

• Specifications for the Identity and 

Purity of Food Additives. 

• Priority List of Food Additives 

Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the Meeting. Members of the public 

may access or request copies of these 

documents (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION ABOUT THE 39TH SESSION OF

THE CCFA CONTACT). 

Public Meeting 

At the March 8, 2007 public meeting, 

draft U.S. positions on the agenda items 

will be described and discussed, and 

attendees will have the opportunity to 

pose questions and offer comments. 

Written comments may be offered at the 

meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for 

CCFA, Dr. Dennis Keefe (see 

ADDRESSES). Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

39th Session of CCFA. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online through the FSIS Web page located 

at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2007_Notices_Index/. FSIS also will 

make copies of this Federal Register 

publication available through the FSIS 

Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, recalls, and other types of 

information that could affect or would 

be of interest to constituents and 

stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, and other individuals 


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who have asked to be included. The 

update is available on the FSIS Web 

page. Through the Listserv and Web 

page, FSIS is able to provide 

information to a much broader and more 

diverse audience. In addition, FSIS 

offers an e-mail subscription service 

which provides automatic and 

customized access to selected food 

safety news and information. This 

service is available at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/ 

email_subscription/. Options range from 

recalls to export information to 

regulations, directives and notices. 

Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to password protect their 

account. 

Done at Washington, DC, on February 21, 

2007. 

F. Edward Scarbrough, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. E7–3264 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Farm Service Agency 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service (RHS) 

and Farm Service Agency (FSA), USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Agencies 

intention to request an extension for a 

currently approved information 

collection in support of the Real Estate 

Title Clearance and Loan Closing 

regulation. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 30, 2007 to be assured 

of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gale 

Richardson, Loan Specialist, Single 

Family Housing Direct Loan Division, 

Rural Housing Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Mail STOP 0783, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–0783, Telephone 202–720–

1459. (This is not a toll free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR 1927–B, Real Estate Title 

Clearance and Loan Closing. 

OMB Number: 0575–0147. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Section 501 of Title V of the 

Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

to extend financial assistance to 

construct, improve, alter, repair, 

replace, or rehabilitate dwellings, farm 

buildings, and/or related facilities to 

provide decent, safe, and sanitary living 

conditions and adequate farm buildings 

and other structures in rural areas. 

Sections 302, 311, and 321 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, as amended, 

authorize the Secretary to extend 

agricultural credit to farmers and 

ranchers. Title clearance is required to 

assure the Agency(s) that the loan is 

legally secured and has the required lien 

priority. 

The Agencies will be collecting 

information to assure that those 

participating in this program remain 

eligible to proceed with loan closing 

and to ensure that loans made with 

Federal funds are legally secured. The 

respondents are individuals or 

households, farms, businesses, and 

nonprofit institutions. The information 

required is used by USDA personnel to 

verify that the required lien position has 

been obtained. The information is 

collected at the field office responsible 

for processing a loan application 

through loan closing. The information is 

also used to ensure the program is 

administered in a manner consistent 

with legislative and administrative 

requirements. If not collected, the 

Agency would be unable to determine if 

the loan is adequately and legally 

secured. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .28 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, farms, businesses, nonprofit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

90,399. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

90,399. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 25,042 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Renita Bolden, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0035. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) Ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques, or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Renita 

Bolden, Regulation and Paperwork 

Management Branch, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop 

0742, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–0742. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 1, 2007. 

Russell T. Davis, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

Dated: January 31, 2007. 

Thomas B. Hofeller, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 07–867 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION 

COMMISSION 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization 

Commission. 

ACTIONS: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization 

Commission will hold a public meeting 

on March 14, 2007. The purpose of the 

meeting is for the Antitrust 

Modernization Commission to 

deliberate on possible recommendations 

regarding the antitrust laws to Congress 

and the President. 

DATES: March 14, 2007, 9:30 a.m. to 

approximately 5 p.m. Advanced 

registration is required. 

ADDRESSES: Morgan Lewis, Main 

Conference Room, 1111 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director & 

General Counsel, Antitrust 

Modernization Commission: telephone: 

(202) 233–0701; e-mail: info@amc.gov. 

Mr. Heimert is also the Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust 

Modernization Commission. 

For Registration: For building security 

purposes, advanced registration is 


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